Vehicle tire



- by referencelto the UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE S. 'PRESTON'. OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

' Application tiled 'May 18,

To all whom it may concern.' n

Be it known that l, CLARENCE' S. PRESTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Diego, in the county of San Diego and tate. of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Tires; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clearpandexact description of the invention, such as will enable others `skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

, This invention relates to vehicletires of the solid type, adapted more particularly for trucks, delivery vehicles or other vehicles in which a comparatively heavyload is to. be carried. v

The principal object of my invention is to provide a tire of the solid type (as distinguished from a pneumatic tire) with interior suspensory annular elastic fins or webs diver-gent from an annular supporting rib or base of any suitable material, and suitably placed voids, whereby saidiins or webs will be placed under tension and the solid portions of the tire forced into said voids when the tire is subjected to pressure of a load or to road shock, thereby taking up or ab'- sorbing shock and preventing jar and jolt from being communicated to the body of the vehicle.

Another object is to increase the. resilience of the solid type of tire by providingr for interior displacement of the solid material in connection vwith a central solid supporting rib of the saine material as the tire .or other suitable material for placingcertain interiorvportio'ns of the elasticmaterial of the tire under tension fory absorbing road shock. A

The mattei' constituting my invention will be defined in the claims. Y y n' I will now describe my invention in detail accompanying drawings, in which: Y c

Figure l represents a. transverse section of a tire embodying myV invention.

Fig. 2 represents a similar view, showing modifications in construction.

Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3, Fig. il, showing a segmental portion of a tire.

Fig. l represents a transverse section of modified construction of my truck tire, adapted for a wider or larger tire.

y The tire A is made with a solid body A of rubber compound or other resilient mavoids D D opening directl VEHICLE TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lynn- 14, 1922.

1921. Serial No.V 470,561.

terial, and may be molded in the desired form with the interior annular voids described below. The body A is made with a tread portion a, and with annular beads a at each side of the base H. The tire, Fig. l, will preferably be reinforced with strong fabric imbedded in the rubber compound, as indicated by M, for giving such portions the required strength and durability.

ll7hen molding the tire Fig. l, I form by a suitable core the central interior void or space C relatively nearerthe base H and the into the base. The annular supporting rib is located centrally at the base and may be an integral part of the rubber' compound body A', as shown in Fig. l, or may be a separate part B, composed of any suitable material, as wood or rubber compound, secured, if desired, to the rim K. This rib will bear centrally on a portion of the body directly inside of the central void C. lVhen the tire is constructed as shown in Fig. l elastic tins 0r connecting webs F F are provided on each side of the rib B, which serve to suspend the tread portion of the'tire on the rib B, and such web portions are placed under tension by a load or road shock. The effect of this will be to push solid material radially outward into the void C, and other portions of the solid material inwardly on each side of the rib into the voids D D. The web portions F F will thus act in a suspensory manner for the tread portion and will be placed `under tension by load or road shock, thereby greatly increasing the resilience of the tire.

In case the ribY B is made of a separate part, as shown in Fig. 2,'it is preferably made with a transversely curved or polygonal faced outer periphery b, and a flat inner peripheral face b. ln this modified construction of tire the fins F, Fig. l, will be joined to'form an annular saddle portion F, adapted to ride on the rib B, 'as indicated in Fig. 2. The side portions of this saddle will be placed under tension and will suspend the solid tread portion of the tire and impartresilience to the structure, as above described with reference to Fig. l. The smaller voids e e, circular in cross section, may also be molded in the solid material, as shown in Fig. 2, but such voids are not essential to the effective functioning of the parts previously described, but may be used in large tires or in tires which are not to sustain heavy loads or severe road shocks.

The inner voids D D are also useful in v that they permit the beads a, a to bepressed andcontracted toivard the ribB, so'that said beads may be inserted in the groovesgor recesses of the rim K.

In case an extra wide, large tire 1s re- `qi`iired`ior a heavy truck I 'may construct .it

as shown in Fig. 4, in'Wh-i'ch .the-tire A2 is molded with a body A2 having a treada",

an'd at its base 1H', Eannular 'beads `e. lBy means of suitable cores a pair of annular -voids C,j C, relatively 'near the base lI-I-,

Y raref-formedybeing spaced apart to'leavebetween them Aa central annular load sustainf VAingerib L. At the 'base 'H' I provide two f annular supporting 'ribs B2 B2 projecting respectively into the voids C', C and con- Vnectingy attlie outer edges or faces by latyporti-ng Aribs B2 Willfapparently -be lforced 'outwardly into 'the voids 'C' at the/.part y'of j -hetread l-in `Contact with theroad sur-face atfa-i'iy given '-tiine,'and the portion or v-rib L andtlie side portions of the tire near the base vvill 'be forced inwardly into the base voids D. The Webs F yshown in Figs. V1 and 2 .also diverge inwardly and actto susviperid 'the lload. 40

As described :with vreference to Fig. 2, the

ribs may 'be made separate/from 'the body portion Afef -the'tire andsecured to therini K fin 4'any desired manner, or fthey'be lm ade Y or lace's fof theribs B2 vand on the inner 'peintegral Withsa-idfbody A3. Incase lthe ribs B2 are made separate, lthe webs F2 will 'be joinedand ride on the'outer peripheral edges ripheral'edge ofthe rib L. Y

`The'"number of ribs B2 andfrifbs L, and Webs F2, and consequently the numbe-ro'i' voids ffC, may be increased to meet the requirements, laccording vto the Width oftire which must vbe provided.

The tire,-as above constructed, may be secured to the rim in a variety of Ways, as by ahydraulic pressure process novv in use for fasteninghsolid tires kto Wheel rims. I do not Wish 'to be limited to any;partcu'l`ar x'neans forme'thed'of fastening my tire to a Wheel rim, but shall use means which may be found nlost 'effective iorfsu'clip'urpose.

' a cleneher rim K. vThebase of the tire may v false-be vulcanized to aniron or steel rim by 'Having described invention, 'what I Y ela'inifand desir-ete secu'rerby Letters Pat lent is: y Y Y. "Y

l.l .A ,vehicle 'tire ='comprising -a body of 'resi-lient fniaterial containing van Iannulalr 'jvoi'chfan annular solid Jrib adjacent tothe ibase or inner :periphery land adapted to pro- 'fjeet lintor sai-d void,` vunder a load for road *shoek-a'nd vivebs ofelastic material Ldiverging obliquely inwardly, `one `(Dn-"each :side o-'said rib, 'andi Icennecting With the solid ne,alterialV fshck,said Jvvebs ,vvilll'be placed i'indertension :and actftoffsuspend the `ilo'ad and 'to Vpush A solid material into said void for increasing the-resilience ofthe'itire. Y l Y Y f 32. A vehicle tire Aofthe vsolid typ`e,"co`mpr-sing a body 'ofyreslient material having a pluralityloan-nular voids ='therein,annu 'lar solidfribsad-j acent to'tn'efibase or inner periphery-and adapted to projectinto Asaid `fvo'ids,and llaterallcli'vergent, suspending Webs 'of lelasticA` material oneon each side 'of 'each rib, whereby under loadl or road shock Vsaid Webs Wi-llbe lplaced under tension` and act to sus-pend the-load fand'to push solid'anate'- Y rial into said voidsfor lincr'easing the 'resilience lo'fithe tire.

, 3. A vehicle tire of the solid type, comprising'a body of resilient lmaterial lrhav-ingV a pluralityof `annular voids therein, lai-ini'ilar soli'd 'ribs adjacent to 'the ibase or inner periphery vandl-'adapted to project into said material, one 'fon each side of each-rib, and a on'eachside of said ribs, whereby under Y load or road shock said Webs Vwill be placed under tension andlselidlmaterial be'lpnsbed l into said voids at the base `:for Aincreasing 'the resilience of the tire. r Y

I-n testimony whereof, I my signature.

CLARENCE S. PRESTON. 

